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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development

The southern Israeli city of Eilat at dusk, April 2021. (gorsh13 via iStock by Getty Images)
September 21, 2022, 7:49 am
Israel to host 1st event on food scarcity, climate tech with Abraham Accord nations
International Summit on Food from the Sea & the Desert to be held in Eilat October 18-20, with representatives from Bahrain, Morocco and Jordan expected to join
By Ethan Freedman
A cultivated beef burger made by Israeli company Future Meat. (Future Meat)
July 4, 2022, 10:09 pm
Israel earmarks over $1 million for academic research into new food technologies
Ministries of agriculture, and innovation, science and technology and GFI Israel put together budget to support over a dozen studies on new alternative protein tech
By Ricky Ben-David
Freshly harvested cannabis (iStock)
May 18, 2022, 6:11 pm
First-ever export of Israeli medical cannabis seeds heads to US
Agriculture Ministry hails development as a major step toward country becoming a significant player in the global cannabis market
By ToI Staff
Hashomer Hachadash farm volunteers pick a field of wheat, as part of the SunDo app that matches farmers with volunteers (Courtesy Hashomer Hachadash)
May 17, 2021, 11:46 am
Farmers and volunteers find each other with agricultural app SunDo
With the harvest festival of Shavuot approaching, non-profit Hashomer Hachadash is helping to build a stronger connection between Israelis and the land through farming
By Jessica Steinberg
Tomatoes wrapped in plastic. (DutchScenery/ iStock/Getty)
March 5, 2019, 6:03 am
Waste not, wrap not? Environmentalists rip plan to cover produce in plastic
Agriculture Ministry initiative comes as annual report finds Israel wastes 2.5 million tons of food each year, worth NIS 19.7 billion ($5.5 billion)
By Melanie Lidman
Marine rangers patrol the waters near Hadera in central Israel, February 19, 2019. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2019, 6:36 am
Tackling illegal fishing, new marine ranger force finds its sea legs
Fishing license applications double as Nature and Parks Authority completes first six months of new program patrolling coast to make sure there are plenty more fish in the sea
By Melanie Lidman and Photos and video: Luke Tress
Ultra-Orthodox Jews prepare a platter for a Tu B'Shvat seder in the northern town of Meron on January 30, 2018. (David Cohen/ Flash90/ File)
January 20, 2019, 8:35 pm
This Tu Bishvat, Ag Ministry says it’s the ripe time to leave dried fruit behind
Tradition of eating dried fruit to mark Israel’s Arbor Day harkens back to a time when it was hard to get fresh fruit from Israel; now, most dried fruit is from Turkey
By Melanie Lidman
Protesters demonstrate in Tel Aviv against live shipments of animals for fattening and slaughter in Israel, April 28, 2018. (Adi Avikzer)
April 30, 2018, 12:01 am
Thousands protest ‘agonizing’ live shipment of animals to Israel
Big rise in numbers of live animals imported so far this year, despite government pledge to phase in chilled meat
By Sue Surkes
Arik Melamed, the proprietor of Melamed Farms, one of the few organic chicken farms in Israel (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2017, 8:07 am
Raising organic fowl isn’t a task for the chickenhearted
Going beyond free-range and antibiotic-free, Arik Melamed is a poultry pioneer
By Jessica Steinberg
Chickens at the Givat Olam organic farm near the settlement of Itamar, on April 9, 2012. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
August 15, 2017, 6:57 pm
Israel may eschew European eggs over pesticide risk
Local quotas will be reexamined in bid to avoid importing eggs for the holidays following huge EU contamination
By Melanie Lidman
Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel arrives for the weekly government meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 12, 2017, 7:13 pm
Cabinet okays NIS 3b housing, jobs plan for Bedouin community
5-year project aims to boost integration into Israeli society, improve education, work training, public transportation
By Stuart Winer
Gil and Jenna Lewinsky plan to open an ecological heritage park and educational farm for their 113 sheep, pictured here on January 15, 2017. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
February 1, 2017, 7:10 pm
After bleating a path to Israel, Jacob’s sheep frolic in new home
With flock’s 5,000-year exile and difficult quarantine beset by rains behind them, biblical sheep are baaaack in the Holy Land
By Melanie Lidman and Video by Luke Tress
A worker tends to cannabis plants at a growing facility for the Tikun Olam company near the northern Israeli city of Safed. (Abir Sultan/Flash 90)
January 24, 2017, 1:29 pm
Israel to fund research for medical cannabis crops
Agriculture Ministry to finance 13 projects to lay basis of new generation of therapeutic marijuana products
By Shoshanna Solomon
The Jacob‘s sheep in quarantine in southern Israel on December 5, 2016. (courtesy The Friends of Jacob Sheep)
December 6, 2016, 11:50 am
Biblical sheep in Israel for first time in millennia
119 Jacob’s sheep, a heritage breed mentioned in Genesis, began arriving last week
By Melanie Lidman
A sheep named Yarden takes a gander out the window as the truck crosses the Canadian rockies on August 1, 2016. (courtesy Gil Lewinsky)
August 3, 2016, 2:26 pm
Barreling down the highway with 120 sheep
Who needs a shepherd’s staff when you’ve got an 18-wheeler?
By Melanie Lidman
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